American Idol winner is crowned

The 23-year-old was named the surprise winner, pipping favourite – Adam Lambert to the post on Wednesday’s finale.

“I’m sorry, I don’t even know what to feel right now. This is crazy…It feels good, but Adam deserves this,” he said.

27-year-old Lambert had been widely considered the frontrunner from early on in the season, where he dazzled audiences and the show’s judges with his powerhouse vocals and dramatic flair. However he maintains he is unfazed by the loss,“For me it’s not really about what happened tonight, it’s about tomorrow.”

If rumours are true, then Lambert is in talks to tour with Kiss, and can anyone say Jennifer Hudson. There, there Glambert, just goes to show first place isn’t the everything, not all Idol rejects fall into to obscurity (just 99.5% of them).